Apple Releases New Pride Video

Apple Inc. released a new video on YouTube Monday that celebrates LGBT Pride and details thousands of the technology giant’s employees celebrating in San Francisco.

"On June 29, thousands of Apple employees and their families marched in the San Francisco Pride Parade," the video’s description reads. "They came from around the world - from cities as far as Munich, Paris, and Hong Kong - to celebrate Apple’s unwavering commitment to equality and diversity. Because we believe that inclusion inspires innovation."

The video shows several of Apple’s workers, including CEO Tim Cook, at the event, marching and waving rainbow flags.

"You’d think CEOs especially are measured by objective criteria, financial performance," said New York Times columnist James R. Stewart said on the program. "Of course, there are gay CEOs in major companies, and I reached out to many of them. I got an extremely cool reception, not one would allow to be named at all."

That’s when Hobbs said, "I think Tim Cook is fairly open about the fact he’s gay at the head of Apple, isn’t he?"

There was silence and all the show’s panelists looked at Stewart, who said "Hmm, no."

"Oh, dear, was that an error?" Hobbs asked. "I thought he was open about it."

After shaking his head at Hobbs’ remark, Stewart said, "I don’t want to comment about anybody who might or might not be. I’m not going to out anybody."

Cook has never acknowledged his sexuality but he’s appeared on Out magazine’s LGBT Power Lists over the past several years. Gawker even reported that he is "destined to become an icon for gay advancement."

Days after being inadvertently outed on TV, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook surprised the LGBT community Sunday when he attended the San Francisco Pride Parade, celebrating with 5,000 Apple employees who marched under the slogan, "Apple Pride."

Forty gay couples in South Dakota applied to be married during the first month following a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized such unions across the country, according to data provided by the state Department of Health.